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universal application on account of the difficult technique involved and, further- 

 more, the cost of conducting the test. 



The author finally points out the value of the acidity test (E. S. II., 24, p. 

 125) as a preliminary test and of the antirennet test (E. S. R., 21, p. 707) for 

 detecting milk from diseased animals. 



The treatment of milk fever, Y. Vigadi (Allatorvosi Lapok, 32 (1909), No. 

 SI, pp. 623. 62-'i; aJjs. in Berlin. Tierlirztl. Wchnschr., 21 (1911). Xo. 9, p. 153).— 

 A number of cases are described which occurred among those animals which 

 were pastured the longest. 



The author wishes to emphasize that the disease is not restricted to debilitated 

 animals or animals which have been kept under unhygienic conditions, but that 

 it primarily stands in a close relation to gestation and parturition rather than 

 to the breed and external factors. The author often utilized Schmidt's method 

 without success, and with it in some instances the condition became worse. 

 Only after the udders were washed out with pure water (and in another case, 

 when a subcutaneous injection of strychnin was given) did the animals improve. 



In another case a lavage of the uterus followed by a rectal douche was per- 

 formed with ultimate recovery. Milk fever can often be remedied without 

 injecting the udder. 



Report on experiments with the wild passion-flower vine in connection 

 with the death of cattle in the Beaudesert District (Queensland), S. Dodd 

 (Jour. Compar. Path, and Ther., 23 (1910), No. 3, pp. 205-212).— The author's 

 exijeriments indicate that the white passion-flower vine (Passiflora alba), a 

 native of Brazil, which has now become a naturalized weed in Queensland, was 

 responsible for the illness and death among cattle near Beaudesert, whei-e the 

 investigations were made, and that it has been the cause of a great deal of 

 sickness among the cattle of that district. 



Combating- calf dysentery and calf pneumonia, O. Schreibeb (Berlin. 

 TierarzU. Wchnschr., 26 (1910), No. -',9, jrp. 969-913; ahs. in Ztschr. Immii- 

 nitdtsf. n. Expt. Thcr., II, Rcf., 3 (1910), No. 12, p. 1031).— Aside from the 

 usual prophylactic measures, the author sees salvation only in vaccination. 

 Good results can be obtained with the serum and bacterial extract methods, 

 as is shown by the work of the author. 



A new nematode parasite of the ox (Onchocerca g-utturosa n. sp.), L. G. 

 Neumann (Rev. Vet. [Toulouse], 35 (1910), No. 5, pp. 210-218, figs. 5; Jour. 

 Trop. Vet. Sci., 6 (1911), No. 1, pp. 101-105, figs. 5).— Nearly all adult cattle 

 slaughtered at the abattoir at Constantiue are said to harbor this parasite. It 

 has been found in animals brought from more than 200 kilometers from Con- 

 stantino, and is thought to occur throughout northern Algeria and Tunis. It 

 especially affects the cervical ligament, chiefly at the internal surface of the 

 layers in a more or less abundant connective tissue and particularly near the 

 second and third dorsal vertebrae. It has occasionally been found in the intra- 

 muscular tissue of the thigh. 



Gilruth's cyst in the gastric mucosa of bovines, E. Chatton (Arch. Zool. 

 Expt. et Gen., 5. ser.. Notes ct Rev., 5 (1910), No. k, pp. GXIV-GXXIV, figs. 

 7; at)S. in Bui. Inst. Pasteur, 8 (1910), No. 18, pp. 188, 78//).— This is a report 

 of studies made of the protozoan parasite first discovered by Gilruth in Tas- 

 mania, a preliminary account of which has been previously noted (E. S. R., 

 23, p. 485). The name Gastrocystis gilnithi is proposed for it. 



In regard to vaccinating animals against hog cholera, P. Uhlenhuth 

 (Berlin. Tierdrztl. Wchnschr., 21 (1911), No. 13, pp. 220-223).— K critical dis- 

 cussion in regard to Damman and Stedefeder's findings, accompanied by a few 

 experiments to refute some of the statements made. (E. S. R., 24, p. 390.) 



